Onimusha: Way of the Sword
Onimusha: Way of the Sword
Game
Game2019
Onimusha: Warlords
Developer CAPCOM CO., LTD
Capcom’s riveting samurai adventure returns! This version includes the original game’s intense swordplay and dramatic revenge story, plus improved controls, widescreen display, a new soundtrack, and more. Experience this enhanced version of the best-selling action-adventure classic! From the Steam store page
592 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Steam reviews, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
91
LovedLoved
181 positive · 18 negative
95% range 86–94%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluesky * | 125 | 18 | 196 |
| Steam reviews | 181 | 18 | 0 |
| Lemmy * | 1 | 0 | 28 |
| Mastodon * | 9 | 0 | 16 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
1,744 of 1,851 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
91% recommend · 177 yes, 17 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 194 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (3,439 of 3,671 positive).
Players praise the game as a classic that still holds up well, with tight combat and atmosphere. [1][2][3] Many note it is a short experience, around 3-4 hours, which some see as a positive. [4][5][6] Several reviewers criticize the lack of quality-of-life features, especially unskippable cutscenes. [4][7][8]
Liked
Representative posts
- [14]
The game is great, last time I played was 10/02/2024 and I felt like revisiting it (finally get around to my second playthrough) but checked the store page beforehand (after noticing Capcom adding DRM to older game) just to find out they added Enigma DRM to a single player game that is a remaster of a 25 year old game. Edit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0TTbdff_vE → there are more reasons other than performance …
- [1]
The Original, the Foundation, One of the greats in the 3d person Action genre. The game that was supposed to be Resident Evil but became it's own thing and somewhat inspired Devil May Cry (which coincidentally also was supposed to be a RE game). Playing it in 2026 surprised me because the game is still very fun to play and has very responsive controls. Yes the combat system is not as deep or as complex as …
- [2]
Onimusha: Warlords is a classic that still holds up way better than I expected. The mix of samurai combat, demons, and survival-style progression feels tight and focused, and playing as Samanosuke Akechi never stops being cool. Absorbing souls to power up weapons, managing resources, and learning enemy patterns makes every fight feel deliberate instead of mindless. The atmosphere really carries the game, from the …
- [5]
Played this game in preparation for the upcoming new one, and this game has still held up remarkably well. It's a shorter game, 3-4 hours, but the combat and level design still hold up well. This was originally supposed to be an Resident Evil game and you can tell, from the camera angles, puzzles, atmosphere and more. For $10, I can recommend this to anyone with a fondness for PS2-era games or those curious about …
- [8]
Pretty good game. The story and characters aren't anything complex, but have enough depth to keep things interesting. Gameplay-wise, it controls fine, like the first DMC, complete with camera angles messing you up during boss fights. The puzzles are actually pretty decent, just sucks when they can result in death and you have to rewatch an unskippable cutscene. This is basically a straight PS2-versioni port, …
Summarised from 34 of the 410 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 12, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
91% of the 194 Steam reviewers we collected recommend Onimusha: Warlords. The complaint that keeps coming up: cannot skip cutscenes, especially before bosses. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Reactions
60 of 592 · most liked firstEmbargo is up so I can say oh my GOD I LOVE ONIMUSHA!!!!! Straight up, the most beautiful clashing steel has ever felt in a game. Every moment of combat is a joy. Instantly in the canon of Great Sword Games for me. (more on @minnmax.com this week)
positive · AI labelView post →For Onimusha: Way of the Sword, the dev team is not trying to make an impossibly difficult game. "Instead, we want to make a game where fans of action can experience thrilling sword fights and taste satisfaction from slaying their enemies."
neutral · AI labelView post →I reviewed Onimusha: Way of the Sword. It's got some of the best sword fighting in the action genre, let down only by the surprising amount of recycling it does with its own material. On the whole though? Great game. Read here: www.thejimquisition.com/post/onimush...
positive · AI labelView post →Thrilled to be wrong about this. Absolutely the best Onimusha game.
positive · AI labelView post →Onimusha is crazy. The boss fights are incredible and varied and thrilling and everything between the boss fights is perfunctory and unexciting, and not even just by comparison. It’s a PS2 game. What a world
neutral · AI labelView post →Newly announced titles coming soon to PlayStation Plus: 🔥 Runescape: Dragonwilds | Day One Game Catalog 🎸 Gitaroo Man | June on Classics 🧠 Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy | July on Classics ⚔️ Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams | August on Classics More: play.st/4uH79aA
neutral · AI labelView post →But hey, new Okami, new Onimusha, and new Ueda game, that’s pretty dope
neutral · AI labelView post →Onimusha: Way of the Sword | New Details ▪️Roughly 20 hours to finish ▪️There are puzzles to solve ▪️The game progresses through stages, not an open world ▪️There is no connection to past games, prior knowledge not required ➡️ www.famitsu.com/article/2025...
neutral · AI labelView post →I just found out there was an Onimusha Tactics game on GBA and I have no idea how I went 20 years not knowing it existed... But also, ONIMUSHA TACTICS?! Oh my god I have to play this!
positive · AI labelView post →I reviewed the remaster of Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny. I have a ton of nostalgia for this one, and while the remaster itself isn't lavish, the game still holds up tremendously. Also, it has Gogandantess in it so you KNOW it's a winner! www.thejimquisition.com/post/onimush...
positive · AI labelView post →Playing the remaster and Onimusha 2 is still a great game.
positive · AI labelView post →More PS5 game previews from #SummerGameFest Play Days: 🪐 Alien Isolation 2 🌆 Control Resonant 👹 Onimusha: Way of the Sword 🧟 Resident Evil Veronica 🪚 Saw: Genesis play.st/3QtraCJ
neutral · AI labelView post →Here's my massive preview/interview of Onimusha: Way of the Sword. I asked the director if he was influenced by modern games like Soulslikes and he said no "We're making an Onimusha game" www.inverse.com/gaming/onimu...
neutral · AI labelView post →Capcom 2026 Lineup (So Far): - Resident Evil Requiem - Onimusha Way of the Sword - Pragmata Resident Evil 9 is obviously the biggest game Capcom will release next year.
neutral · AI labelView post →Ready for some fixed camera Weird West survival horror? God Help Us All is a retro indie survival horror game inspired by Resident Evil 4 and Onimusha! Coming to Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1967440/... Gameplay Vid: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Htfg... by indie dev @retrogig.bsky.social #gaming
neutral · AI labelView post →Onimusha WOTS really is a horror game where the protagonist does not realize it’s a horror game so he just kills everything.
positive · AI labelView post →Out now on PlayStation Plus: 🛡️ Kingdom Come: Deliverance II (Game Catalog) 🦇 Vampire Survivors (Game Catalog) 👹 Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams (Classics Catalog) 🔱 Disney's Atlantis: The Lost Empire (Classics Catalog) …and more. Full details: play.st/45z0lRG
neutral · AI labelView post →Onimusha 2's final boss is still peak unhinged Capcom. None of it is prerendered compared to the entire rest of the game and the remastered visuals makes it look crazy for a 2002 video game. Goes so hard.
positive · AI labelView post →Given out at Summer Game Fest 2025 and via mail-in, and now added to the VGHF Library, this half-sized, 8 page promo for Capcom's Onimusha 2 remaster is designed to look like a classic '90s magazine.
neutral · AI labelView post →Onimusha: Way of the Sword DEMO available: Xbox buff.ly/Iay4Vpk US PSN buff.ly/l1kBsNa Steam buff.ly/s2upuYU Earn Charm: Kubi Akari for the full game (save data from the demo cannot be carried over into the base game)
neutral · AI labelView post →Musashi’s facial animations in Onimusha are among the best I’ve ever seen in any modern game, holy hell.
positive · AI labelView post →Onimusha has biggest piece of shit antagonist I've seen in a game in years. I can't even remember the last character that was this fucking despicable
negative · AI labelView post →Will this work for the new Onimusha game? Asking for a friend. (i'm the friend).
neutral · AI labelView post →Just finished Onimusha for the first time. Solid little game.
positive · AI labelView post →Happy 25th birthday, Onimusha! Carving its way though a demon-haunted land for the first time in Japan on 25/01/2001. I replayed the original PS2 Onimusha a few years or so ago and had a great time with it. Still holds up well with some lovely pre-rendered backgrounds and cool biopunk aesthetics.
positive · AI labelView post →Yasssss, my favourite Onimusha game is getting a re-release!
positive · AI labelView post →Despite being a Capcom game, Onimusha is spiritually an assassins creed game.
neutral · AI labelView post →Going live with Onimusha 2, one of my favorite games since I was a kid. I even have the action figures from that game. I don’t remember when I got the figures, game originally came out in 2002 so…Ive had ‘em for a while. I’m playing the 2025 remaster. Come say hai! Twitch.tv/Organic_Biscuits
positive · AI labelView post →My next game is officially going to be Onimusha Warlords 👀 Very VERY excited for this one!
positive · AI labelView post →ONIMUSHA Okami Intergalactic And flute guy. Great Game Awards
neutral · AI labelView post →Onimusha might be the most badass swordfighting game I’ve ever played. Everything about it is just cool af, the combat absolutely rocks.
positive · AI labelView post →Onimusha is a cool game. Even if I beat the whole thing apparently without knowing how to play it
positive · AI labelView post →kinda hyped about the next Onimusha game simply because I can finally live out my fantasy of being Toshiro Mifune
positive · AI labelView post →We're tackling Onimusha: Warlords for The Deepest Dive! Play the first game in Capcom's series along with @jacobgeller.com, @kelslewin.bsky.social, @kylehilliard.bsky.social, @yozetty.bsky.social, and @michaelphuber.bsky.social from @easyallies.bsky.social! www.patreon.com/posts/join-d...
neutral · AI labelView post →A little lunchtime Onimusha 3 Man, this game rules so hard... crazy plot, time travel, samurai action, Jean Reno in feudal Japan WHAT'S NOT TO LOVE
positive · AI labelView post →Onimusha: Way of the Sword is one of those rare game previews that made me think 'OK, yeah, I'm going to Platinum this one'. Our hands-on impressions of another potential banger from Capcom: www.eurogamer.net/onimusha-way...
neutral · AI labelView post →I actually agree with the general complaints about "parryslop" as an action game trend in general but if you bring that up about a new Onimusha game you're about uh 25 years too late
positive · AI labelView post →Onimusha, Turok, Virtua Fighter, the next Fumito Ueda game--PS2-ass The Game Awards, hell yeah
neutral · AI labelView post →Onimusha: Way of the Sword review "There is no game out there that makes you feel more like a swordsman of legend than Onimusha: Way of the Blade" www.eurogamer.net/onimusha-way...
neutral · AI labelView post →New Onimusha game in development from Capcom www.eurogamer.net/new-onimusha...
neutral · AI labelView post →Fuck you, Onimusha Way of the Sword. I just want to rescue people from horrible demons. I don’t want fucking bosses that immediately kill me. And I mean IMMEDIATELY. The game is great and really sucks at the same time. Or maybe it is I that sucks.
neutral · AI labelView post →I still can't believe we're getting a new Onimusha game
positive · AI labelView post →New Onimusha is the first game in a while where I’m like “this bit of combat is so sick but I can’t wait for the next cutscene” only to say during a cutscene “this cutscene is so sick but I can’t wait for the next bit of combat”
positive · AI labelView post →Onimusha: Way of the Sword bravely asks: What if a Game Mechanic Arm game was also a Talking Exposition Accessory game?
neutral · AI labelView post →Today @ 4PM CDT Bob's Birthday Bash (we're playing Onimusha 2) Bob got to choose any game to play and wouldn't you believe it, he chose Onimusha 2! You're all obligated to show up! www.twitch.tv/gigaboots
neutral · AI labelView post →THE HYPE!!! I'm still losing my fucking mind with a new Onimusha and Okami game!!!
positive · AI labelView post →I speak for EVERYONE when I say we need a new Onimusha game.
positive · AI labelView post →Onimusha: Way of the Sword is a challenging and complex action game, and a great start for this series return to Capcom's stable of games. Our review: gameinformer.com/review/onimu...
neutral · AI labelView post →I've never played an Onimusha game before but ended up really digging the demo I played at SGF! Here's my hands-on preview: youtu.be/i3PNpbJnTAA
positive · AI labelView post →Zero shade to anyone that did do this, but I'm really glad I didn't crank the difficulty down for Onimusha's final boss fight. It felt so good to get a relatively perfect run in when it finally all came together. Onimusha might be a milestone game for that feeling of momentum going right.
positive · AI labelView post →I DID IT! All Achievements in Onimusha: Way of the Sword. Currently this is my favorite game of the year! :3 Rawr!
positive · AI labelView post →I accidentally did the Rock Lee weights thing in a game again by ignoring the Oni Portal icon on the map in Onimusha, and getting to the final boss with only 1/3 of the skill tree unlocked. I just kept thinking I couldn't walk over there yet, idk man.
neutral · AI labelView post →New Onimusha announced at the Game Awards? LETS GOOOOO! (Ad for the first Onimusha, 2001)
positive · AI labelView post →Onimusha: Ouma no Sho (鬼武者 逢魔之章) was an original #Onimusha game released for keitai in 2003. Consisting of seven chapters, the game takes place during the Siege of Suemori. It has multiple endings and an unlockable mode where you play as a panda! This game is lost to time.
neutral · AI labelView post →I really hope the next Onimusha game is good
neutral · AI labelView post →The game is great, last time I played was 10/02/2024 and I felt like revisiting it (finally get around to my second playthrough) but checked the store page beforehand (after noticing Capcom adding DRM to older game) just to find out they added Enigma DRM to a single player game that is a remaster of a 25 year old game. Edit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0TTbdff_vE → there are more reasons other than performance issues as to why adding DRM retroactively is a bad practice (video by Digital…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It’s my birthday please come out and watch me play the first great Onimusha game.
positive · AI labelView post →Talk show host in alternate world where Onimusha is a major cultural touchstone: they have a boss replay option in Onimusha, in case you want to fight any of them again. Did you see this? Yeah, it's called just playing through the game. Lot of repeat bosses. Lot of repeats folks
negative · AI labelView post →Last week—got to play Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny Remaster. Game opening is pretty bombastic/memorable. Onimusha games I have played were Dawn of Dreams many years ago with Soki being my main in Tatsunoko/Capcom, and recently played/beat Onimusha Tactics. Was happy to see Tactics in remaster!
positive · AI labelView post →I fucking love this game. #Onimusha #PS5Share
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